The 210 MW unit-5 of Ghorashal Power Station, which remained out of order for two weeks following the national power grid failure on October 4, has resumed operation. "Unit-5 of Ghorashal Power Station is in operation since yesterday and is now generating 170 MW electricity, against its installed capacity of 210
Author: United News of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Delhi port transit deal at final stage of implementation
Bangladesh and India are now at the final stage of operationalization of the agreement to use Chattogram and Mongla ports for transit of goods to and from India. The agreement was signed between Bangladesh and India in 2018. Following completion of trial runs, necessary permanent standing order or notification would now be
India’s Congress gets first non-Gandhi president in 24 yrs
India's main opposition Congress party on Wednesday elected 80-year-old Mallikarjun Kharge as its first non-Gandhi president in over 24 years. Kharge, considered close to the Gandhi family, defeated a relatively young Shashi Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, by a huge margin. "Of the over 9,000 votes cast in the party's internal election
Tourists leaving Bandarban amid drive against militants
Tourists have started leaving Bandarban district as local administration has imposed a temporary ban on tourism at Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas from Tuesday morning as a security drive was going on to either arrest or remove suspected militants and criminals from the hilly region. The administration has also discouraged tourists to
T20 World Cup: Meiyappan’s hat-trick in vain as UAE lose to Sri Lanka
V20, G7 agree on protection against climate change loss
The Vulnerable 20 (V20) and Group of 7 (G7) will jointly launch the Global Shield Against Climate Risks at COP27 in a wider effort to accelerate pre-arranged financing at speed and scale. The Vulnerable 20 Group of Finance Ministers - from climate vulnerable economies - and the G7 Presidency have announced
BCL activists remove student from allocated room
A faction of Dhaka University's Haji Muhammad Mohsin Hall Chhatra League has abused and removed a legal student from his allocated room on allegations of occupation. Mohammad Saiful Islam, the victim, is a third-year student of Mass Communication and Journalism department of the university. He was allocated to room no 562
India’s Supreme Court delivers split judgment on hijab ban
India's Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split judgment on a bunch of petitions challenging the ban on hijabs in classrooms in the state of Karnataka. Hijabs are headscarves worn by Muslim women. Muslims are a minority community in India. The government in the southern Indian state banned hijabs in schools and colleges
Heavy firing on Myanmar insurgents panics border residents
A sense of panic has spread through the residents of Bandarban's Naikhongchhari upazila, after Myanmar air force helicopters engaged in bouts of heavy firing on their side of the Ghumdhum border on both Monday and Tuesday. Although no one has been hurt on Bangladesh soil, some stray gunfire did make into
Hilsa Ban: 50 unnamed fishermen sued for attack on police
Police filed a case accusing some 50 unidentified fishermen over the alleged attack on river police by the fishing community that left six cops injured on Monday night. Md Kamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Chandpur River Police Station, said their Assistant Sub-Inspector Saiful Islam filed the case against 50 unidentified fishermen at the